Drimen Duff

X: 19
T:Drimen Duff
T:Druim Fionn Dubh
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Burk Thumoth Scotch & Irish Airs 1742
R:Air
K:G
"Andantino expressivo"AB|c4 B2|A2 G2 AB|{d}c4 B2|A4 GA|B4 A2|G2 E>D E>G|
g2 dB cA|G4 AB|c4 B2|A2 G2 AB|c4B2|A4 B2|cB cd eg|
a4 g2|ed B2 dB|A4||AB c4 B2|A2 G2 AB|c2 Be dc|A4 GA|
B4 A2|(3GFD (3EFG (3gfe|(3dBg (3dcB (3cBA|G4 AB|c4 (3dcB|
A4 (3GAB|c4 B2|A4 B2|(3cBc (3cde (3efg|a4 g2|
(3egf (3gfe (3dcB|A4||
%
% in former times it was much more common to find a white stripe
% along the spine of brown or black cows, and this coloration was
% called "Druim-fionn", or white-black. which became "Drimmin" or
% "Drimen". Thus we have "Drimmin-fionn-dubh" or White-back
% black cow, etc. In poetical literature those titles are allegorical.
% "Drimmin Dhu" was a political password among the Irish Jacobites,
% and all "Drimmin" songs breathe a spirit of fealty to the Jacobite
% cause.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/folkinfo.org/All/Drimen_Duff/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/waifs/X/0019/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/waifs/waif-1/0018
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/was/Drimen_Duff-WaS---/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/was/Drimen_Duff_1-WaS---/0000

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